CVE-2023-38000

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.87% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 5.4 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · audit@patchstack.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 3.7

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79US

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Gutenberg≤ n/a ≤16.8.0enisa_euvdEU
WordPress≤ 6.3 ≤6.3.1enisa_euvdEU
WordPress≤ 6.1 ≤6.1.3enisa_euvdEU
WordPress≤ 6.0 ≤6.0.5enisa_euvdEU
WordPress≤ 5.9 ≤5.9.7enisa_euvdEU
WordPress≤ 6.2 ≤6.2.2enisa_euvdEU
wordpress gutenberg≤ 16.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:gutenberg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress5.9 → 5.9.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress6.0 → 6.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress6.1 → 6.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress6.2 → 6.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress6.3 → 6.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami wordpress5.9.0 → 5.9.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress
Bitnami wordpress6.0.0 → 6.0.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress
Bitnami wordpress6.1.0 → 6.1.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress
Bitnami wordpress6.2.0 → 6.2.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress
Bitnami wordpress6.3.0 → 6.3.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress
Bitnami wordpress-multisite5.9.0 → 5.9.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/wordpress-multisite

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2640WordPress: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in WordPress ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Cross-Site-Script-Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-wordpress-2023-38000Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core and Gutenberg plugin via Navigation Links Block2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions.
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2023-38000Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core and Gutenberg plugin via Navigation Links Block2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

CNNVD-202310-1033 cnnvd
EUVD-2023-41827 enisa_euvd
GHSA-ggq5-xv35-rxhf enisa_euvd
BIT-wordpress-2023-38000osv
BIT-wordpress-multisite-2023-38000osv

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-13modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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